The Organizing 101 Workshop goes to…

Just wanted to pop in to announce the winner of the Nov/Dec Round-Up and newest participant in Aby Garvey’s Organizing 101 Online Workshop: Learn How to Get Organized beginning January 13th is:

Jennifer from Not Enough Time in my Day

Congratulations Jennifer!

Much thanks to Simplify 101 for their sponsorship!

Org Junkie’s Monthly Organizing Round-Up #2

Okay you gals have convinced me to keep the round-up going for another year.  Thank you for your encouragement and support and especially a big thank you to all of you who participated in 2008!

As many of you suggested, this year we are going to concentrate on smaller projects rather than entire rooms.  For example in May we will be concentrating on surfaces in our home and you’ll be able to choose any surface in your home you’d like.  It could be your dining room table, a kitchen counter top or even your bedside table.  It’ll be up to you whether you do one surface or many.  I’m hoping that the accomplishment of getting one project done will be the motivation you need to keep going.

Here’s the specifics:

What: Org Junkie’s Monthly Round- Up

Who: Anyone who wants to participate, everyone is invited.  You can do one month or all, just jump in when you want to.

When: Every month in 2009

Why: To conquer various tasks in your home, to be motivated to continue and to be inspired by other participants.

How: At the end of every month I’ll put up a Mr. Linky for you to link up to your before and after pictures of the project you tackled as per the monthly theme.  Please feel free to use the banner above or button over there in the sidebar if you like.

Prizes: I’m definitely hoping to continue to offer prizes.  Again it will depend on sponsorship (if you are interested please let me know!) and as the prizes become available I’ll update this post.

Schedule:

January ~ Filing Cabinet (those pesky paper piles!) – random winner will receive the Scanalog software

February ~ Recipes – random winner to receive a copy of BH&G Early Spring 2009 Storage magazine

March ~  Memorabilia/Pictures – random winner to receive the Dovetail Organizer software

April ~ Closet/Cupboard – random winner to receive  Growing Up Organized: A Mom-to-Mom Guide

May~ Surface/Shelf – FIVE random winners will receive a copy of Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life

June ~ Vehicle – random winner will receive a copy of the book When Organizing Isn’t Enough by Julie Morgenstern

July ~ Hair supplies/makeup – random winner will receive a copy of Jennifer Ford Berry’s book Organize Now!: A Week By Week Guide To Simplify Your Space And Your Life

August ~ Command Central – random winner will win two prizes, a Fridge File and a Week over Week Calendar

September ~ Purse/Bag – random winner to receive two organizing magazines

October~ Drawer – select winner will receive The Ultimate To-Do List Pack

November ~ cancelled

December ~ cancelled

I’m so very excited about this as many of these areas I need to accomplish in my own home and will be tackling them along with you.  I also hope to offer encouragement and practical solutions throughout the month related to the different areas.

Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.

Let’s have fun and get stuff done!  Yeehaw!!

Rounding up and organizing the living rooms

Okay we made it through an entire year of round-ups.  Woohoo!  This is it.  Time to get our living rooms organized and ready to begin the new year with a fresh start.

Have you put away all your Christmas decorations to take your living room from cluttered and chaotic to clear and calm?  Have you organized the living room toys or DVDs using some nifty storage solutions?  Have you rearranged the room to give it a new and inviting look?  Whatever you’ve done, whether you’ve made a big change or a little change, it’s all good.  If something is working a little bit easier for you with some changes you were able to incorporate then let us celebrate that with you.   Please link up below to a post on your site that shows us both your before and after pictures and remember to use the direct link to your round-up post and not to your homepage.  That’s helpful for those of us who might not get a chance to take a peek at your post until later.  Also, as a courtesy, if you are going to participate please be kind and link back to this post within your post.

The lucky winner will be selected randomly from the Mr. Linky lists from this month and last.  So if you participate in both months you will be entered TWICE!  The winner receives a coveted spot in Professional Organizer, Aby Garvey’s popular Organizing 101: Learn How to Get Organized online workshop beginning January 13th!

Please link up to your before and after living room picture post by Sunday, Jan 3rd at 11:59 pm PST.  You still have time, it’s not too late.  You can do it!

Now as for next year well I simply can’t tell you that yet unfortunately.  I just can’t decide what it is exactly I want to do.  I’m still trying to work it all out in my mind and haven’t fully committed to the idea of even doing it again.  I often felt like I couldn’t devote the time to it that you deserved and I do hate the feeling of letting someone down.  I definitely want to hear what you think though.  Tell me your ideas and what you think would be helpful.  I’m not making any promises just yet but your opinions are important to me.

Happy New Year everyone!!!  Here’s to an organizing good time in 2009!!!